Rosana Botto

Experience

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  Eclectic Rio

  Dec 2004 - May 2005

  Visual Associate

  Women’s wear family owened boutique.● Provided clients with appropriate product knowledge to assisted with closing the sale.● Assisted with floor sets, window changes, visual presentations and signage placement as directed.● Built highly satisfied and loyal customer base through engagement, conversion and capturing customer phone and e-mail.

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  ESPAÇO FASHION

  Jun 2005 - Dec 2005

  Visual Merchandising Assistant

  Young womens wear specialty chain store.● Maintained the appearance of all fixtures in the store by keeping fully stocked and merchandised with the newest and top-selling styles as asked by the director.● Styled and dressed mannequins and informed store team about changes in the presentation of the garment.● Responsible for the store signage.

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  Gucci

  Sept 2006 - Jan 2007

  Assitant Buyer Intern

  ● Assisted the buyer with her agenda by scheduling appointments and meetings.● Researched competitors’ price for similar bags and small leather goods specifications.● Helped rearranging and allocating products by imputing information in the system after distribution decisions were made by the buyers.● Collaborated with the making of internal catalogs of products. ● Helped the regional visual merchandizer produce the merchandisers presentation to the USA stores managers, by putting together the entire range of products for the upcoming season. Show less

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  Wollner

  May 2007 - Sept 2008

  Assistant Fashion Designer and PD

  Is a Family-owned company and it has been delivering classic styles and outdoor sportswear for the last 30 years for men, women and kids.● Assisted the designer to meet dates and timelines by attending fit sessions and was responsible for the corrections after fittings as necessary and solved where needed.● Responsible for completing speck sheets for each garment.● Contacted suppliers on a daily basis.

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  Zimpy

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2012

  Fashion Designer

  A contemporary fast fashion clothing brand, targeted towards a younger audience with reasonable prices.● Developed the line: Printed woven with 200 styles per season side by side with the pattern maker.● Worked together with graphic designers to create and develop 10 to 12 prints each season, with full understanding of surface textile design. ● Led 3 to 5 stages of fittings, from prototype to bulk process to ensure fit and quality of all products to be delivered to stores.● Responsible for communicating with overseas sourcing offices and Show less

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  ATEEN

  Mar 2012 - Dec 2018

  Senior Fashion Designer

  Is a privately owned, high end, luxury womens brand with an exceptional reference in the Brazilian fashion industry for over 20 years, with 30 stores in 7 states.● Head designer for the lines: Woven and Knits.● Researched fashion markets for new inspiration, textiles, techniques and silhouette by attending trade shows in Paris and New York.● Traveled annually to China for sourcing and developing new textiles and trims.● Iniciated colour and concept development for each upcoming season.● Created presentation boards for meetings with design team and hand sketched design ideas to present to creative director and Merchandising team. ● Worked with merchandising team to ensure profitability by accurately balancing the range of products to be designed.● Attended sales review meetings and cost meetings as well as quality assurance meetings.● Participated in VM meetings and workshops, for creation of merchandising concept for each collection.● Paired with visual merchandising manager in the weekly development of display window changes, merchandise changes and planogram layouts. Show less

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  Caulfeild Apparel Group

  Jul 2019 - Dec 2019

  Merchandising Assistant
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  Fan Ink

  Mar 2020 - Jun 2023

  Designer
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  KLOTH STUDIO

  Jun 2023 - May 2024

  Fashion Designer
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  Brands by Bravo Ltd.

  Mar 2024 - now

  Designer and PD Manager